All Screen articles in 10 June 2005
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Hadida acquires remake rights to Korean horror hit
French producer Samuel Hadida (Brotherhood Of TheWolf) has picked upEnglish-language remake rights to Korean horror film Bunshinsaba (2004) by Ahn Byeong-gi. The film, about an ostracised high school student whoinadvertently places a curse on her classmates, will be produced through DavisFilms under the English title The Spell.The deal was concluded ...
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Death triumphs at Transylvania festival
Cristi Puiu's The Death of Mr Lazarescu won most of the prizes at Romania's leadingfilm event, the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF), held in Cluj(May 27-June 5).Last month, the Romanian director's film won the bestfilm prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section.The Death of Mr Lazarescu portrays the journey of ...
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UK Film Council ploughs£3m into audience initiative
The UK Film Council is toplough £3m of National Lottery money into a new scheme designed to increase therange of cinema-going over the next three years.The UK Audience Development Scheme is intended to stimulate theviewing of specialised films in the UK. The Council is looking for applicants to run an ...
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Madagascar rules the roost at North American box office
DreamWorks' animated zoofest Madagascar was the star of the domestic scene atthe weekend, passing $100m in its second weekend as it climbed two places to number one.MeanwhileThe Longest Yard, which isdistributed through Paramount in NorthAmerica, is fast approaching the mark after the same amount of time. It stayedsecond on $26.1m ...
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Hungary's IMA launches Polarlight sales arm
Hungarian distribution and production companyInternational Media Agency Entertainment (IMA) has launched a new sales arm,Polarlight. IMA Budapest will continue the distribution ofdocumentary and television titles, while Polarlight will handle the company'sco-production activitites as well as the sales of feature films. Polarlight's current slate includes Hungarian titles suchas Karlovy Vary award-winner ...
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Batman Begins
Dir:Christopher Nolan. US. 2005. 140 mins.LikeSam Raimi did with Spider-man,Christopher Nolan has gone back to the drawing board with the Batman characterin Batman Begins andemerged with an intensely dramatic, muscular action adventure picture whichshould be successful enough to kickstart the franchise for Warner Bros. Eradicatingany of the camp and tongue-in-cheek ...
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IFC Films takes Manderlay, Bier's next film for US
IFC Films has picked up USrights to Lars von Trier's Cannes competition entry Manderlay and Susanne Bier's After The Wedding, which is currently shooting in India and Denmark.Negotiations for both titlesfrom the Danish duo were concluded with Trust Film Sales at Cannes and IFC hasscheduled 2005 releases.Manderlay, which had a ...
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Madagascar dethrones Sith as box office champion
DreamWorks' animated zoofest Madagascar was the star of the domestic scene atthe weekend, passing $100m in its second weekend as it climbed two places to number one.MeanwhileThe Longest Yard, which isdistributed through Paramount in NorthAmerica, is fast approaching the mark after the same amount of time. It stayedsecond on $26.1m ...
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Sith continues to lord it over international box office
Star Wars: Episode III -Revenge Of The Sith remained thedominating international force as it swept past $300m at the weekend.The picture added anestimated $36.5m for a $308.4m international cumulative total through Fox International.Combined with North America, where it reached $300m, the sci-fi saga has soldmore than $600m in tickets worldwide.Third ...
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...as Manderlay disappoints on debut launch
Lars Von Trier's Manderlay launched on its hometurf over the weekend, registering a disappointing 3,686 admissions in Danishcinemas. It was the first territory to launch the Cannes competition film.The sequel to Dogville was released on 26screens, which is considered a broad release in Denmark. By comparison, SinCity launched on 32 ...
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McDonald and Rutter drafts in Rose to head marketing division
UK PR agency McDonald & Rutter has appointed Philip Roseto launch a new marketing division at the company. The new division will aim to give marketing support forfilms in production, develop sales materials for films attending film-marketsand handle key aspects of UK distribution marketing campaigns. Rose joins from Fox Searchlight ...
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Korean film giants merge international sales divisions
CJEntertainment and Cinema Service, two of Korea's leading film companies, havestepped up their recent partnership with a merger of their international salesdivisions.The development will see all of the two companies'current and library titles represented by an expanded sales team operatingunder the CJ name. The merger iseffective as of June 1, ...
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Mr And Mrs Smith
Dir:Doug Liman. US. 2005. 120mins.Mr & Mrs Smith is a sleek, audacious mix ofromantic comedy, satire and action thriller boosted by the surging star powerof Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. And making the most of that 'Brangelina'appeal - the couple's alleged off-screen affair is currently the talk of thetabloids - ...
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The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants
Dir: Ken Kwapis. US.2005. 119mins.Based on a wildly popular young-adult novel about fourteen girlfriends and the pair of magical blue jeans they share over the summer,The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants is a coming-of-age dramatailor-made for fans of the books, which with its sequels has sold 3.5m-pluscopies in the US. ...
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Sogepaq scores Euro sales for 20 Centimetres
Sogepaq has announced a cache of European sales on RamonSalazar's musical drama 20 Centimetres, building on the North America deal with TLA Releasing announced lastweek.The title was picked up by Lady Film for Italy, We & Cofor France, Paradiso for Benelux, Castello Lopes for Portugal and Provision forEx-Yugoslavia."Cannes was the ...
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Negotiator becomes biggest Japanese film of 2005
Negotiator,theKatsuyuki Motohiro thriller spun offfrom his megahit BaysideShakedown films, passed the 2 millionadmissions mark on June 1, the 26th day after its May 7 release. With a gross of $25.6m (Y2.7bn), Negotiator has become the top-earning Japanese film of theyear.Produced by Fuji TV,thefilmstars comedianYusuke Santa Maria as criminal negotiator Masayoshi ...
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Art Port, Casablanca buy One Love from Sola Media
Art Port hasacquired Japanese rights and Casablanca Films has acquired Brazilian rights to OneLove, a Jamaicanromantic comedy starring Bob Marley's son Ky-mani Marley, from Germany's SolaMedia and Atrix Films which are together handling the film.The film, whosesoundtrack is produced by VP Music Group, is set for a UK release on ...
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Korean producers ready string of big budget hopefuls
Korean audienceshave always had a complicated relationship with big-budget local movies. Some, such asaction film Shiri (1999), military drama Silmido (2003), orKorean War film Tae Guk Ki (2004), have emerged as record-breaking smashhits, with up to a quarter of the population lining up to buy tickets. At other times,however, an ...
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Toshiba leads Yellow Dog to Japan
Toshiba Entertainment hasacquired Japanese rights to The Cave Of The Yellow Dog, the latest film from Story Of The Weeping Camel co-director Byambasuren Davaa. The deal wasconcluded at Cannes with sales agent Telepool.The film, which will haveits world premiere at the upcoming Munich Film Festival later this month, isDavaa's graduation ...
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New Location Guide aims to improve producers' bottom-line
The new edition of theinternational film industry handbook The Location Guide launches this week. An essential guide forlocation film-making worldwide, the new edition launches at a time whenproducers are being enticed by numerous financial incentives to shoot theirfilms in increasingly far flung locations.The guide spans over 100countries with new locations ...